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Father Rhine and His Daughters

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Father Rhine and His Daughters

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  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    June 27, 2022

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    The neo-baroque monument, rooted in Romanticism, Historicism and Wilhelminism, owes its existence to the festival that the Rhenish Estates gave on September 18, 1884 for Emperor Wilhelm I and Empress …
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    April 22, 2025

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    The beautiful monument stands in front of the Ständehaus (House of Estates). "Father Rhine" is a personification and metaphorical name for the Rhine, dating back to Roman antiquity. The Romans called the river "Rhenus" and worshipped him as a river god, sometimes even as "Rhenus Pater" ("Father Rhine").
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    July 26, 2021

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    The fountain sculpture "Father Rhine and his Daughters" in Düsseldorf-Unterbilk was created by the sculptors Karl Janssen and Josef Tüshaus and unveiled on March 7, 1897. The monument is located …
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